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Yes and no. The models themselves (with permissive licenses) might be like freeware, rather than "open source" or "free software". But they are a big enabler in
by ssivark 3y ago
Yes and no. The models themselves (with permissive licenses) might be like freeware, rather than "open source" or "free software". But they are a big enabler in allowing people to build other F/OSS on top -- eg. an experimental Gnome/KDE addon that allows voice control is now a real possibility. Most practical FOSS (other recalcitrant parts of the GNU community) already builds on top of all kinds of proprietary tools from computer hardware to closed operating systems like MacOS/Windows. LLMs are just the latest in the list of blobs -- developers & users can evaluate whether the power/opacity tradeoff is acceptable.